totem395

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Monitor Audio Gold 200 5g (newest current generation) vs Dynaudio Contour 20
Unfortunately working with a 12x12 room is 3 steps back before you start and most likely even with some room treatments will have you scratching your head.   With this square sized room the way to go is with some measurement plots either by yo... 
Apple Music HIFI edition
Airplay 2 is the current Apple option and limited to 16/44 but Spotify is even less. Want Apple at higher res go hard wired from the appropriate Apple product.    
What Speakers are you running with your Gryphon Amp?
Curious if your trial speakers were placed in the same location  as your current B&W's for evaluations?  
HDMI cable for I2S
@soix  The crux of the matter when connecting different brands via HDMI I2S  is pinout matching since there is currently no standard. Assuming the output  is in fact I2S since they HDMI terminals visually look similar. I'f I'm not mistaken the... 
Denafrips Ares ii
If pairing with the Node2i the Aries II using coax out has known issues as stated by Alvin @ Denafrips and others.  
Mystery Paradigm Speaker Cover - Help Identifying?
Paradigm and not an older series centre.  
I wrote/mailed tax checks today...
@tablejockey  The IRS is one of the few reasons I keep a checkbook.  Taxes are taxes wherever one lives, that said cheques still must be  an American thing, living in Canada it must be at least 25 years since  I last had a cheque book every ... 
Frank Kuzma is releasing a new arm!
@jasonbourne52  You can buy a new car instead. And that comes with how many wheels? Time to reassess your grasp of the real world.   
Where did he go?
Only banned for a report .... a stupid report? All speculation at this point, perhaps the Anonymous is group is involved.  
Frequency Response
 To the OP, pay attention to the posts from @djones51, ​​​​@onhwy61 above it starts with how the speakers were measured and the room  your working with.  A proponent of DBA.  
Where did he go?
 His profile here does show suspended, he ran into some issues on another forum and had a quite long thread deleted around the same  time he last posted.       
Focal Kanta No. 2 Speakers hum with speaker with speaker cable disconnected
There have been situations where home alarm systems have cased issues  with individuals equipment. If you have one try shutting it down.  
Need McIntosh service advice
@roxy54 OP never says where he lives.   Its a secret! Especially when asking where to send something?  
Bluesound Node 2021 DAC - I sold my Denafrips Ares II
@jaudio1  Perhaps your unaware that the Bluesound Node does not have USB out.  Only SPDIF and Toslink.  Connecting to the Ares via USB is not possible.   The Node current version is USB out capable.  
Cartridge incompatibility, Soundsmith and Luxman
Purchasing I rather inexpensive dedicated capacitance meter  with zeroing lead capability can be quite handy for confirming cable suitability.